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  1. Connor Gould
    Assuming that our starters are 1B-Miranda, 2B-one of Julien or Lee, 3B-Lewis, and SS-Correa, that would mean that Castro is locked in as the INF5, and with Bader signed as OF4, Castro will be much more of an infielder than outfielder. All that being said, there aren't that many reps to be had for that INF6 guy which isn't good for a young guy, so it'd check out that one of Lee or Julien starts in the minors and a veteran that can play some SS holds down that last spot. Once an inevitable injury hits, Lee/Julien would get called up and jump said veteran anyways. That being said, if they have enough money to bring in another free agent, that seems like not that worthwhile of a roster spot to invest money. Personally, I'd put that money into a 1B/DH, since there's currently a Santana/Kiriloff sized hole in the depth chart, and I'd like a free agent to keep that spot warm until E-Rod is ready to take it. Obviously, there's also the potential that this is a SP trade thing. Castro, Julien, or Larnach could very well be part of a package for one, in which case the idea would check out but the money wouldn't.
  2. Connor Gould
    I really like Henriquez, and given that he's out of options, I'd cut Castellano or Tonkin for him. Although a pitching staff is rarely all healthy at once, someone in the pen might be hurt come Opening Day, so I won't sweat that. As for position players, I could see them starting whoever is lower on the depth chart between Lee and Julien in the minors for either Helman or Gasper. Castro has the 5th infield spot locked up, so whoever doesn't get the spot would be position player #13 who starts about once a week. And that's more of a job for a fringe prospect or midtier veteran than it is a prospect who actually matters. Appreciate the article, always fun to speculate on this stuff.
  3. Connor Gould
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  4. Connor Gould
    They saw some veterans that were performing well below their career norms and bet that they'd have some positive regression. They saw some young bats on the verge of a breakout. They saw a cold bullpen that had some internal fixes. Staying the course made sense then and they appear to be vindicated.
  5. Connor Gould
    I'd start Maeda over Ryan, he has a 3.39 ERA and 3.86 FIP in 85 innings since coming off the IL in June. I get that Maeda has done postseason bullpen work before, but SP should take priority on the roster hierarchy and he's the guy. I'd also take Gallo over Stevenson. We likely won't have both of Castro and Taylor in the lineup, so one of them can pinch run and I don't see the need for a 2nd pinch runner. And Gallo has won 2 gold gloves in the corners so Stevenson is only a marginal upgrade at best defensively and I'd rather take the mediocre power bat than the non-existent bat. Whoever it is probably loses their spot to Ober in round 2 anyways.
  6. Connor Gould
    I might take Gallo over Stevenson. Whoever is on the bench between Castro and Taylor can pinch run and I don't see the need for 2, so I'd rather take Gallo as a nice defender at OF/1B who can maybe have some pop. I also don't know about the RHP lineup if Buxton is at DH. Correa is a lock at SS, but then between Lewis, Polanco, and Julien, you'd need a DH spot to get them all in unless you want to put Julien at 1B and then go Kirilloff vs Wallner for LF. If Buxton can play CF, then we are absolutely set and dangerous offensively. Really fun to dream on this overly idealistic lineup. C: Jeffers 1B: Kirilloff 2B: Polanco 3B: Lewis SS: Correa LF: Wallner CF: Buxton RF: Kepler DH: Julien
  7. Connor Gould
    What's Andrew Morris's prospect stock looking like right now? Last year's 4th rounder and had a 2.64 ERA in 64.2 innings across 2 A-ball levels this year with 9.0 K/9, 1.7 BB/0, and 0.4 HR/9 prior to the start in this article. More casual on prospects so I don't anything beyond that.
  8. Connor Gould
    Former Maeda trade throw-in Jair Camargo slashing .254/.309/.502 at AAA in his first year at the level. I wonder if he's a nice looking option at catcher in the future.
  9. Connor Gould
    A reliable but unspectacular veteran for a middle/end of the bullpen role, checks out, decent move.
  10. Connor Gould
    I'm dreaming of Martin slashing .300/.400/.450 and being an elite leadoff or #2 guy and either playing average defense at a hard spot or plus defense at a bat first spot. Meanwhile Lewis I dream of a .260/.330/.515 guy sticking at SS. I'm excited for these dudes, obviously I threw out high end numbers that aren't likely, but it's fun to hope for it.
  11. Connor Gould
    We've always been able to get a good number of at bats to 11 or 12 different guys a year, so I'm never worried about a dude being blocked as long as they're versatile, and it sounds like he can survive 1B, 2B, and 3B even if he's not a plus defensively. Also, it's nice that he's a righty since it feels like he could be a regular guy vs lefties being in a rotation vs righties. So yeah, I'm not concerned about playing time, for me it's just about if his bat plays and hopefully we see pretty soon. He should be the first call up after an IF injury and none of our IFs are all that clean health wise so I hope to see him by May.
  12. Connor Gould
    This is like when Brady Aikan went #1 overall out of high school and had an agreed amount with Houston before they didn't like an arm MRI so they dropped the offer to the minimum they had to offer in order to still get the #2 overall pick the next year as compensation. He turns it down, goes to community college, tears his UCL in his first start, goes in the teens of the 1st to Cleveland, and busts. However, Rocker seems further along in development so it wouldn't be as catastrophic if he needed Tommy John, like how Giolito got Tommy John and still went 1st round and worked out.
  13. Connor Gould
    I just love how clean of a profile he seems to have. No major injuries, good stuff, steadily building innings, consistently good numbers and peripherals, and consistently young for the level. Obviously developing pitchers is hard and plenty of unforeseen things can go wrong, but he checks a crapload of boxes and I'm hyped for when he gets called up next year.
  14. Connor Gould
    He's one of the guys I'm the most hyped about pitching wise. Balazovic is at the top of that list since everything seems clean and Joe Ryan made his 5 September starts games I had to watch, but Canterino is number 3 in terms of guys I'm hyped for. Elite stuff, elite numbers, old enough to fast track, only question is injuries but Bailey Ober last year showed me that 100 innings is more than it looks like. He feels like about a year away from being where Winder is now in terms of timeline. 2023 rotation of Maeda, Ryan, Winder, Balazovic, Canterino, SWR, Duran will be fun, just gotta develop at least half the young dudes.
  15. Connor Gould
    SWR being in the Stroman and Berrios trades is kind of funny. As a young dude in AA, I'm just glad the Ks are there. The walk rate isn't good but the fact that he got something right as a young AA guy is nice. I'm hyped for him.
  16. Connor Gould
    The Twins pitching prospects are really weird to me since it feels like there are so many high ceilings but each with a glaring red flag. For Duran, Canterino, and Sands it's the health, for SWR and Strotman it's control, for Ryan and Winder it's the late breakout age, but Balazovic seems pretty clean although there could still be issues since prospects are tough. I'm hopeful since statistically we should get an ace and a couple #3s from a big group like that but we could come out empty and it's a little scary.
  17. Connor Gould
    Josmil Pinto had me hyped so much after a good September, was electric. I was also all in on RPs Nick Burdi, Alan Busenitz, and Pat Light.
  18. Connor Gould
    Based on his baseball reference page he looks like a competent control guy with low homers but no Ks. Maybe he can learn an out pitch and become MLB caliber.
  19. Connor Gould
    As the rotation currently stands, there's only Bundy, Ryan, and Ober as surefire MLB players. While we'll be signing more guys, he's got a shot to be the first callup to the rotation if we get injuries before the prospects are ready to step in. He's got an opportunity, it's all right in front of him, and I'm hyped to see him try to take it.
  20. Connor Gould
    Pretty much all arguments for trading Martin are based on the premise that all our guys will pan out and our current MLB guys will stay good. Planning around everything working out is asking for trouble. Also, let’s say we have 11 starting caliber non-catcher bats, that’s not an issue since it’s rare to have all of the guys healthy and we’ve shown an ability to get ample at bats for a lot of guys. So I don’t buy the redundancy argument. So it comes down to do we want to trade a bat for an arm, and in that case, we could just as easily talk about Arraez or Miranda this way. But I wouldn’t do that. I say stick with all our young bats.
  21. Connor Gould
    I see some people mentioning that they'd rather see the prospects than veteran mediocre dudes, but I don't really see any of the guys as ready yet. Duran had basically a lost year, SWR is young and went cold to finish, Canterino was injured a bunch and hasn't been to AA yet, Sands and Winder are both probably close but are also coming off injury and should get some time in AAA to get going, so it's pretty much just Balazovic ready to go from the jump. Stopgaps are needed.
  22. Connor Gould
    Twins looking inspired by the 2021 Giants blueprint. Gausman and DeScalfani being middle aged guys with long track records of #5 starters after being top prospects so long ago that no one cares, and the Giants unlock both of them for cheap in a jackpot offseason. Bundy fits that profile of former top prospect who is now a journeyman #4/5, small chance he becomes more but maybe we’re lucky. Either way, we need bodies in the rotation.
  23. Connor Gould
    I'm down, he'd be cheap and if bounces back offensively it's a steal, plus it both gives us more money to use on starters and infield defense to help them.
  24. Connor Gould
    Jax the next Matt Wisler throwing it every pitch. But actually though, that pitch could help him survive the DFA wave and stay interesting enough despite getting absolutely rocked. Hopefully he finds something with it.
  25. Connor Gould
    I'm a little concerned about how all of the Twins pitching prospects seem to have injury issues. Sands, Canterino, Winder, Duran, a bit with Balozovic. The building of inings takes forever and the injuries just push it back further getting me paranoid about if they'll ever get there. If everyone with an injury history goes bullpen, we've got no future as a contender. But whatever, Ober was also like that and just jumped to 108 innings set to springboard to 160, so as long as all those guys hit 100 innings we're good.
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